Combined tea and coffee pot.



No. 795,408. PATENTED JULY 25. 1905. C. B. NEBINGER. COMBINED TBA ANDCOFFEE POT APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 30,1904.

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COMBINED TBA AND COFFEE POT.

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CHARLES B. NEBINGER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED TEA AND COFFEE POT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1905.

Application filed September 80, 1904. Serial No. 226,616.

Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Tea and Coffee Pot; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and eflicientcombined coffee and tea pot from which at will either cofiee or tea maybe poured; and to such ends the invention consists of the novel devicesand combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved combination-pot. Fig. 2 isa plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on theline a x of Fig. 1. Fi 4 is a horizontal section on the line 00* x ofFig. 1, some parts being broken away; and Fig. 5 is a detail viewshowing in elevation a cut-off valve which is mounted in the spout ofthe ot. p The body 1 of the pot is divided into two compartments by acentrally-located vertical partition 2 and is provided with a spout 3,that communicates with the interiors of the two chambers of the potthrough perforations 4, formed in the front wall of the potbody. A hood5 is secured to the upper for ward edge of the pot-body 1 and extendsover both compartments thereof. A centrallylocated rib 6 connects therear central portion of the hood 5 to the rear upper edge portion of thebody 1 just above the handle 7 thereof. Lids S are hinged at 9 to therib 6 and normally close each one of the compartments of the pot. Thenumeral 10 indicates a cut-off valve in the form of an angular plate,the lower end of which is pivoted at the bottom of the spout 3 to theperforated wall of the pot-body 1.

This valve closely engages with the perforated surface of said body 1and is held against outward lateral movements by a transverse guide-bar11, secured to the upper portion of said spout. The said valve 10 at itsfree upper end and as shown is provided with a finger-piece 12, by meansof which it may be moved. The spout 3 is divided into two compartmentsby a vertical central partition 13. The valve 10 is adapted to be movedcompletely to either side of the spout partition 13, and when moved toone side thereof it will close all the perforations 4 on that side ofthe partitions 2 and 13 and will open up all of the perforations 4 onthe other side of said partitions. With this construction it is evidentthat with coffee contained in one compartment and tea contained in theother compartment of the pot either may be poured from the pot withoutpermitting the escape of the other by the proper adjustments ormovements of said cut-01f valve 10. It is also evident that theconstruction described while extremely simple and of small cost isefficient for the purposes had in view'and that the valve may be quicklyoperated.

The two chamber pot described is of course capable of use for holdingvarious different classes of liquids-such, for instance, as cream andmilk. As is further evident, the pot may be made in various sizes andmay be constructed of any suitable metal or other material.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. The combination with a pot-body 1 divided into two compartments by apartition 2, and having the perforations 4, of the spout 3 secured tosaid body 1, embracing said perforations 4, and itself divided into twocompartments by a partition 13, said spout also having a transverseguidebar l1, and the cut-off valve 10 pivoted at its lower end at thebottom of said spout, working over the perforations 4, and provided witha fingerpiece 12 at its free upper end, and which valve is adapted to bemoved at will, entirely to either side of said partitions 2 and 13,substantially as described.

2. The combination with a pot-body 1 divided into two compartments andhaving a body having the hood 5, and the hinged lids spout which is alsodivided into two oompartments, the compartments of said spoutcommunicating With the corresponding compartments of said pot-bodythrough a plurality of perforations, of a valve Working in said spout,and movable to close the spoutperforations of either compartment, saidpot- 8, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES B. NEBINGER. WVitnesses:

H. D. KILGORE, F. D. MERCHANT.

